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Recent content by ChrisTX1968

  1. ChrisTX1968

    Anyone else feeling like an alien after going to the cinema?

    I do remember seeing ET in the theater and becoming obsessed with dirt bikes that day forward. I hear the full plot of the movie is good too.
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    Athletics, Sports

    I had a big bat and like you could hit them hard and long. As fast as my bat speed was, I could not throw over like 60 mph. I ended up at first base due to fielding limitations.
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    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    On my full profile, I got I think something similar - significant gifts and profound social impairments.
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    From a heart that has never found its way in the world

    "I always feel like the invisible man when I'm around people. I usually hang back in the background, being quiet and not bothering anyone, usually during the all-too-frequent times when it seems that no one notices my existence anyway" they say we can't feel empathy? that's crap...reading this...
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    Athletics, Sports

    That resonates with me...in basketball my best play was always the 1st quarter, maybe some of the 2nd...after that loss of focus, loss of connection with the team, loss of just the purpose of it.
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    Is every special interest connected to collecting data?

    In March this year, I started a fascination with wood baseball bats. I started purchasing different models of bats and inputted their every 1/2" measurement data so I could compare them side to side. I was hitting with all these bats, and kept detailed notes on how each one swung - balance...
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    Athletics, Sports

    Hi all, new member, I am 55. With a late diagnosis, I am trying to unpack a lot of years of life! My experience with sports is a mixed bag - I always had a niche and did well in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and lacrosse. In each sport I did certain things well, and others not at all...
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    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    I had the same...almost like puberty started the full social dysfunction. Interesting as I got into my 20s, I would do good at initial impressions and banter/small talk, but then going further I always failed by inaction. Friends would say she was showing me every sign of interest, but I had no...
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    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    Hi, I appreciate hearing from you...encouraging that I don't really think now my folks concealed anything, they just didn't know anything about it. I did well in school in all subjects, so that was not a red flag. And everything else fell under "shy, different, introvert, etc". I bet those are...
  10. ChrisTX1968

    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    Thank you. It was good for me to write out some of my journey. Mine is just getting unpacked.
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    Another rant

    Man, "not good at behaving like others do" that hit hard, so true for me.
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    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    Hey, this is Chris, male 55, live in Texas. My journey to my Asperger's diagnosis includes bipolar 2, ADHD, substance abuse disorder, and anxiety disorder diagnoses at age 50, and then a slow journey of discovery that the root of my neuro-diversity is AS. I have worked for over 30 year in...
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